Today was a chilly opening of the day but warmed up nicely. That's one thing I love about October. Love the fall colors, tho with the drought not all the leaves had their natural slow change. Seems they just dropped off as green leaves without water and turned yellow or brown once on the ground.
Also enjoy the fall colors of plants I don't know. This is a dainty sorta tree, if you really consider it a tree with its flimsy limbs. Does anyone know what this volunteer tree is? Love the colors of the seeds.
There's also a comfort of sleeping in a cool room with covers up to my chin which reminds me of when as a kid my younger brother and I would spend the night with our paternal grandfather.
My dislikes of October. Today, especially today, since I worked outside for almost 4 hours can say I HATE LEAVES. I love living in the woods but hate leaves that I've had to deal with for 27 years. Before lunch these were the leaves raked up just from the driveway behind the garage. The pile facing us would be the first to be moved to the back of the yard toward the wooded area and fill in the low spots. After all, they do decompose and become dirt.
Saundra
That is a lot of leaves! At least you are able to dispose of them without having to bag them.
ReplyDeleteAccording to my plant identifier app, that "tree" is an American strawberry bush, a species of Spindle trees (Euonymus).
We also have lots of leaves now,,,,
ReplyDeleteDon't do much with them now,,,they may blow away today with some winds and warm temperatures,,,,haha,,,very strange for this time of year,,,
ELAINE 🏡
I gave google lens a try, it agrees with Lauren. How nice to have a volunteer plant that is a native and not a nasty imported invasive.
ReplyDeleteWhen we lived in town and I was the one usually dealing with the leaves, I raked them onto an old bedsheet and drug them to where I wanted. It was easier and faster than carrying a basket since we didn't have a wheelbarrow. Now DH handles leaves with the riding mower and leaf rake if the mower doesn't disperse them well enough. Many leaves here turned dry and fell off without turning color here too. And the wind the last couple of days have taken care of most of what's left on trees.
Well, it looks like Blogger is at it again....you are no longer showing up on my Reading List so I won't know you did a post unless I google your blog and pull you up. (I only saw this post because I thought I saw a post on my list from you last night but didn't have time to read it. This morning it was gone.). This happened with someone else I followed so I tried unfollowing them and refollowing them. Big mistake...it wouldn't allow me to follow her again. It said Google only allows you to follow a max of 200 people...which I don't think I do...but went in and deleted many who no longer blog. Still wouldn't let me follow her. UGH!!). Anyway...when you're done with your leaves, please come take care of mine?? 35mph+ wind today...you think they'd blow away. No such luck. ~Robin~
ReplyDeleteWhat a job! Strong winds for days on end have done a pretty good job of scattering the leaves. I usually shred them with the lawn mower, but it has been too dry to dare that for fear of setting the countryside on fire. I love the dark colors of your dyed wools in the previous post.
ReplyDeleteThat is a crunchy chore & I do not like the sound of the rake on hard surfaces (neighbor). I don't have a leaf blower and I hate that sound too. (neighbors). Glad you compost instead of throwing in the "green bin". We have acquired the burlap sheets, that gardeners use, for our clippings (I don't have leaves but our Ivy is worse year round cutting. The burlap makes it easy to transfer the clippings.
ReplyDeleteI have worked raking leaves too it is quite a job.
ReplyDeleteOn another note all the comments are coming through with out no reply.
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Cathy
We have lots of huge oak trees all around us ....everyday my husband is out there with his leaf blower & also mows them .....if he waited till all the leaves fell , it would take even longer. Thankfully we have woods behind us & we dump them there . It looks like we have big snow banks , the piles are so big !
ReplyDeleteHe cleaned up the whole yard , then strong winds came & it looks like he didn't do anything ! Still weirdly warm here today ....then we cold for a few days & warm again ! Crazy !